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Life-threatening airway obstruction caused by cervical osteophytes

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  11 July 2005

J. E. Sturgess  and
T. S. Leary
J. E. Sturgess
Affiliation:
Norfolk and Norwich University Hospital, Norwich, UK
T. S. Leary
Affiliation:
Norfolk and Norwich University Hospital, Norwich, UK
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European Journal of Anaesthesiology , Volume 20 , Issue 12 , December 2003 , pp. 988 - 989
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© 2003 European Society of Anaesthesiology

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